2012 Republican hopefuls court religious nuts!

[Bravo Zulu]

They also paid tribute to religious conservatives who often place abortion, gay marriage and other social issues ahead of questions such as taxes and spending.

"Purity is the enemy of victory," said Barbour, who has decided against his own presidential bid.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43279262/ns/politics

[awoke_in_2003]

1. "Purity is the enemy of victory,"

that is the oddest sentence I have ever read.

[Brigid]

2. This isn't really news.

GOPers have been courting religious conservatives for the past 30 years.

[Bravo Zulu]

3. And look what happened,

If we would have stopped them 30 years ago,we would be living in peace now,better late than never!

[ladjf]

4. How far can these political trends go before collapsing in a giant

pile of stupidity? I think it's time for some major research in human brain construction. We might find out that politics is being taken over by people with mal-formed brains. How could that happen?
The people with normal brains aren't interested in politics as a profession.